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Aviation weather training

Read the sky before you fly it

Weather causes more general-aviation accidents than any other single factor. These short courses teach you to read METARs and TAFs fluently, interpret pressure systems and fronts, and make disciplined go/no-go decisions — the judgment examiners and airlines look for.

Who it suits

Student pilots preparing for ground exams, licensed pilots refreshing weather knowledge, and drone operators who must assess conditions before every flight.

What you learn

Air masses, fronts, cloud types, icing and turbulence, visibility and ceiling, wind shear, and how each hazard appears in coded weather reports.

How it works

Fully online and self-paced. Each course is five in-depth lessons with worked examples, decoded real-world reports and an exam-style quiz per lesson.

Practice included

Use the free METAR decoder and crosswind calculator alongside the course to drill real reports until decoding becomes automatic.

Aviation Weather Essentials

Read the sky like a pilot: air masses, fronts, clouds, fog and the hazards that ground flights.

Syllabus

  1. M01Aviation Weather Essentials

    • 1.1The atmosphere and air massesReady
    • 1.2Fronts and frontal weatherReady
    • 1.3Clouds, stability and turbulenceReady
    • 1.4Fog, icing and visibility hazardsReady
    • 1.5Go / no-go weather decisionsReady

You will be able to

  • Explain and apply: the atmosphere and air masses
  • Explain and apply: fronts and frontal weather
  • Explain and apply: clouds, stability and turbulence
  • Explain and apply: fog, icing and visibility hazards
  • Explain and apply: go / no-go weather decisions

METAR & TAF Mastery

Decode every element of METARs, TAFs and SIGMETs fluently and turn them into flight decisions.

Syllabus

  1. M01METAR & TAF Mastery

    • 1.1METAR structure and codesReady
    • 1.2Visibility, cloud and present weatherReady
    • 1.3TAF change groups and probabilityReady
    • 1.4SIGMET, AIRMET and PIREPsReady
    • 1.5Building a weather briefingReady

You will be able to

  • Explain and apply: metar structure and codes
  • Explain and apply: visibility, cloud and present weather
  • Explain and apply: taf change groups and probability
  • Explain and apply: sigmet, airmet and pireps
  • Explain and apply: building a weather briefing

Free resources to start today

METAR decoder & pilot calculatorsFree sample lessonFull course catalogue

SeyAero Academy provides self-paced educational theory only. Short courses do not include flight hours, licensing examinations or regulatory endorsements, and completion is not a pilot licence. Confirm required approved training with your aviation authority or flight school.